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Contemporary World Politics 16 (OEEC)wasestablishedin1948to E uropean U nion channel aid to the west European As the Second World War came to states. It became a forum where an end, many of Europe’s leaders the western European states grappled with the ‘Question began to cooperate on trade and of Europe’. Should Europe be economic issues. The Council of allowed to revert to its old rivalriesEurope, established in 1949, was or be reconstructed on principles another step forward in political and institutions that would cooperation. The process of contribute to a positive conception economic integration of European of international relations? The capitalist countries proceeded SecondWorldWarshatteredmany step by step (see Timeline of oftheassumptionsandstructures European Integration) leading to on which the European states had based their relations. In 1945, the the formation of the European Economic Community in 1957. European states confronted the This process acquired a political ruin of their economies and the destruction of the assumptions dimension with the creation of the European Parliament. and structures on which Europe The collapse of the Soviet bloc had been founded. put Europe on a fast track and European integration after resulted in the establishment 1945 was aided by the Cold of the European Union in 1992. War. America extended massive The foundation was thus laid for financialhelpforrevivingEurope’s a common foreign and security economy under what was called policy, cooperation on justice and the ‘Marshall Plan’. The US also home affairs, and the creation of created a new collective security a single currency. structure under NATO. Under the MarshallPlan,theOrganisationfor The European Union has European Economic Cooperation evolved over time from an e c o n o m i cu n i o n t o a n increasingly political one. The EU has started to act more as a nation state. While the attempts to have a Constitution for the EU have failed, it has its own flag, anthem, founding date, and currency. It also has some form The European Union Flag of a common foreign and security policy in its dealings with other The circle of gold stars stands for solidarity and harmony between the peoples of Europe. It has twelve stars, as the number tnations. The European Union traditionally the symbol of perfection, completeness and unhas tried to expand areas of Source: http://europa.eu/abc/symbols/emblem/index_en.htm cooperation while acquiring new Reprint 2026-27